HIS385H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indian Independence Movement, Wall Street Crash Of 1929, January 28 Incident
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Japanese destroyed the entire naval fleet of china, giving them similar privileges as previous western conflicts. Convention for extension of hong kong, 1898: new territories for a 99-year lease and outlying islands (lantau island and. Ng chow legal reforms recruited to lead: sanctuary for reformers. Kang youwei: 1898 hundred-days reform scholar from southern china that had to take an exam in the chinese capital. China through hong kong steam ship although reluctant at first. Became interested in the western culture found in hong kong. Recruited as a teacher to the young emperor of the western ideas he had learned in hong. Initiated a reform with the emperor in which edicts and orders were issued to make modern changes. However, others of the imperial court held more power than the emperor: hk as a cradle of republican revolution. Early revolutionaries in hong kong where the ideo of revolution was conceived.
